Song · Pulp
“Sunrise” by Pulp
From the album We Love Life (2001)
“Sunrise” by Pulp appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2001. It was first released in 2001 on the album We Love Life. Its best result is #19 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #294 alternative song of 2001.
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"Sunrise" was among the first songs Pulp wrote for We Love Life, their 2001 album, and it got its first airing at the Reading Festival in 2000. Scott Walker produced it, with Peter Walsh co-producing and sharing the mix; Richard Hawley adds lap steel and Julian Poole percussion, and the writing is credited to Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey, Mark Webber and Peter Mansell.
Cocker's subject is that grim moment at the end of an all-night party when the sun comes up, the birds start their dawn chorus and you wonder why you didn't head home an hour before; the song tries to meet the morning in a better frame of mind. The band wanted it as the album's first single, but Island insisted on pairing it with "The Trees" as a double A-side, released on 8 October 2001.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 19 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2001 | 50 |
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